How do you turn comments off in WordPress?

How do you turn comments off in WordPress?

Last updated on February 16, 2015

Having a WordPress CMS installed for your website, or blog can be awesome. However, by default, the blog setting will allow comments to be enabled. In some instances, this is very bad websites where you do not want interaction (i.e. a business website). If you're not sure how to turn comments off and stop receiving the "comment spam", then you can follow these easy instructions and disable comments in your WordPress application.

Change WordPress Settings for New Comments:

To disable comments on new posts/pages, proceed to the following area:

Proceed to your WordPress Admin area

Click Settings

Click Discussion

uncheck "Allow people to post comments on new articles"

This disables comments on new posts only and does not impact current content.

Change WordPress Publish Post Settings:

For posts and pages that are already deployed, you will need to alter their properties. To do so, follow the instructions here: